tintype

[ tin-tahyp ]

noun

Photography. ferrotype (def. 2).
not on your tintype, Slang. absolutely not: Ask her again? Not on your tintype!

Origin of tintype

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; tin + -type

Words Nearby tintype

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How to use tintype in a sentence

Julius had learned a lot of things from that mate on the bark, and he tried 'em all on that tintype man.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. Lincoln
So I put on my best outfit and had a tintype struck off under that tent on the square and sent it to him.
Dixie Hart | Will N. Harben
The voice of the tintype was but one of the many callings that had wooed him upon so many roads.
Cabbages and Kings | O. Henry
But Mrs. Waterman declared the tintype to be "as near like them as two peas," and we accepted her verdict.
A Boy Trooper With Sheridan | Stanton P. Allen
It is indeed a tintype of the consumptive heroine, with every group entire, and taken at full length.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel Lindsay

British Dictionary definitions for tintype

tintype

/ (ˈtɪnˌtaɪp) /

noun

another name for ferrotype (def. 1), ferrotype (def. 2)

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